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Potogee

Potogee noun: a Portuguese person.

Noun

Potogee (plural Potogees)

  1. (Caribbean) A Portuguese person.
    • 'Is these Potogees who cause the trouble, you know,' he said. 'They have their hands in the stinking salt-fish barrel and they are still the first to talk of nigger this and coolie that.'2012, V. S. Naipaul, The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited, →ISBN

Forms of Potogee

pluralPotogees

Origin of Potogee

From Portuguese, as pronounced/rendered in various Caribbean English dialects and creoles like Guyanese Creole English.

Questions about Potogee

What does Potogee mean?
Potogee means a Portuguese person.
What part of speech is Potogee?
Potogee is a noun.
What is the plural of Potogee?
The plural of Potogee is Potogees.

Words near Potogee in the dictionary

  1. Potocki
  2. Potocki-Lupski syndrome
  3. Potocki-Shaffer syndrome
  4. Potockis
  5. potocytosis
  6. Potogee
  7. Potogees
  8. Potok
  9. Potol
  10. Potomac
  11. Potomac fever

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